Thursday, February 09, 2012

One Direction

Yes, you read that right: I did just use the name of a teenage boy band as a post title. And yes, you are correct if to assume that this manicure is related to the band. And dingdingding! correct again if you guessed that I have the boys' faces on my nails! :D
My infatuation with the lovely British boys from One Direction started last summer. If you haven't heard of them then please go check them out. The band started off on the X Factor so they really can sing! They all have great voices and even better looks ;) They're currently taking over North America and I can't get enough of them. My favourite song from their album, Up All Night, is probably One Thing. You can watch the music video here or watch the acoustic version!

So back on topic: I figured that with five boys and five nails there was no way that I could pass up this idea. In fact, I wonder why I hadn't thought of this earlier!
The method involved printing tiny pictures of the boys' faces onto a piece of newsprint. Then I used dipped each image into rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) and rolled it onto my nail to transfer it. I'm not sure if it was the paper, the ink or the method but the images didn't transfer very cleanly. Still, I think they're quite recognizable and remind me almost of an old film strip... in colour... or something.

I used OPI Alpine Snow on all nails. From thumb to little finger we have Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik.

I hope you like these fun nails as much as I do!
Do you like One Direction? What are your favourite songs and who are your favourite boys? ;) For me it's a tie between Zayn and Louis but I do love them all <3

140 comments:

You're my kryponite!!! AHHH I LOVE IT!!! Serious infactuation with these boys right now <3 LOVED watching them every week on x factor ;) would love to be able to do this but have absolutely no idea how to get their faces on newsprint?!?! D: xxxx

Hi Georgia! Yay, a fellow directioner!! I can't get enough of them either! I literally went through my local newspaper, found a 1-2 inch blank strip and cut that out. Then I taped it along the edges onto a piece of printer paper where words usually get printed first (ie. keep the margins of the paper in mind!) Find some pics of 1D on the internet and crop+resize them to the size of your nails. Line them all up horizontally and print them onto your newsprint paper.From there you take the newsprint off of the printer paper, cut around their faces. Saturate with rubbing alcohol and transfer onto your painted nail with a gentle rolling pressure! (: Seal with topcoat or else it will smudge/fade/etc.Hope that helped and good luck!! (:

That's right, Sarah! You can buy rubbing alcohol at your local drug store, even supermarkets, and sometimes dollar stores and convenience stores (:This kind of method is also known to work with vodka so if you have that you could try it too and see what happens (:Good luck! xx

6. place the wet image on top of your nail where you want it to be. apply a little rolling pressure on top of the image with your finger. make sure not to move the actual newsprint around so that you don’t smear the image.

Bonjour! I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly. What I did is look through my local newspaper and find a blank strip. It only has to be about 1 1/2 - 2 inches wide. Cut that out and tape it onto a piece of printer paper. Then print nail-sized pictures of the boys onto the paper like you normally would. Take the piece of newspaper off and you're ready to go!

I realize that that may be hard to understand so I used my little knowledge of French to try to translate (:

Hello, Aquelin! Here are some instructions that I posted in reply to a previous comment:"I literally went through my local newspaper, found a 1-2 inch blank strip and cut that out. Then I taped it along the edges onto a piece of printer paper where words usually get printed first (ie. keep the margins of the paper in mind!)Find some pics of 1D on the internet and crop+resize them to the size of your nails. Line them all up horizontally and print them onto your newsprint paper.From there you take the newsprint off of the printer paper, cut around their faces. Saturate with rubbing alcohol and transfer onto your painted nail with a gentle rolling pressure! (: Seal with topcoat or else it will smudge/fade/etc."

Please tell me if there's a specific part that you need clarification for and I'll try my best to help! (:

hi samfergy! unfortunately i don't think i'll have the time to film a tutorial. however, if you search 'newspaper nails' on youtube there will be a bunch of tutorials that explain the technique i used! the only difference is that you need to print your own images (:

hello ciabatta! i'd love to film a tutorial for you but i just don't have the time right now ): you can search 'newspaper nails' on youtube and many tutorials will show up that use the same technique though! the only difference is that you have to print your own images of 1D (:

rubbing alcohol is a household liquid. you can find it at your local drug store. this technique also works with vodka though so if you have that, then use it! (:

by saturate i just mean that you should make sure that the entire piece of newsprint has been touched the rubbing alcohol. so basically just make sure that the entire piece has darkened a bit because it's wet!

if you search for the videos that i mentioned in my previous reply to you, you'll be able to see exactly how to transfer it.

well the nails are sick and i am soooooo gunna do that soon!! :) for me it's definatly LIAM all the way and i can't decide which song i love the best so i love me all!!! I also love all the boys as well so it's not just Liam!!!

Thank you, Amber! Here are some quick instructions:1. print nail-sized images of one direction on newsprint.

2. cut around the images as close as possible.

3. paint all of your nails white. wait for the polish to dry.

4. pour a little rubbing alcohol into a small container/shallow dish.

5. dip an image into the rubbing alcohol, saturate completely.

6. place the wet image on top of your nail where you want it to be. apply a little rolling pressure on top of the image with your finger. make sure not to move the actual newsprint around so that you don’t smear the image.

it's not any special paper! i just take my local, regular newspaper, and find a blank strip about 1-2 inches wide. then i just tape it onto a regular piece of printer paper so that i can print the pics onto it :)

so i cut out a 1-2 inch wide strip of blank newsprint from a regular old newspaper. since you can't feed a strip of paper through your printer, tape the edges onto a regular piece of printer paper. now you can print pictures onto your newsprint because it's attached to the printer paper. once you print it you can remove the newsprint from the printer paper and you're ready to go :)

Hi ! Really want to try this out! Im absolutely OBSESSED with one direction!! My favourite song is probably moments or stole my heart!!! I love them so much and my favourite members are Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson although I love them all!

These are great. Im fangirling right now just thinking that I only need their pictures to make these great nails (&& trust me, Ive got plently of those! :). Thanks so much, Im sharing this if you don't mind(;

I cant choose between niall and liam so i say both and my fave song is more then this <3 If i'm louder would you see me Would you lay down in my arms and rescue meCause we are the sameYou save meWhen you leave its gone again ♥ Niall Horan

my favoriitee is Niall cuz hes soo cutee nicee funnyy nd i lovee his accent nd hes just aweessome lollzz my favorite songss are i wish , more than this , moments and tell me a liee but i do lovee all their songss cuz one direction iss ammaziinnggg !:) .... i watched this videoo on youtube nd this gurl (her channels name is iluvjesse444) nd she did a tutorial with water instead nd it turned out good ... she used newspaper in one video nd magazine in the other nd she sed shes working on regular paperr:) omggg i justt loooveeee these naillss nd i HAVE to do themm rite noww thanks for thee idea:) !

I've browsed through a good number of your posts, you've really got a talent for nail art! They're all beautiful, especially the mixed metals, and this one, oh my god. I am a huge fan of One Direction and I'll be sure to try this as soon as I get rubbing alcohol, hahahah. I haven't really had much experience with nails, but your step-by-step guide has made it a lot easier to understand the process, so thanks for the tutorial! You are one talented young lady!

one direction is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome

This is how you do that manicure....1. Paint your nails any color you want, then let it dry.2. next print out or cut out of a magazine pictures or words small enough to fit of your nails and cut them into strips that would fit on your nail.3. when your nails are dry you are ready to start4. dip the pieces of paper with the pictures or words you are planning to put on your nail in rubbing alcohol.5. after you dip it in the alcohol place the paper on your nail with the picture or word side down.... (Your applying it as if it were a press on tatoo)6. press it for a couple of seconds and carefully peel the paper off. 7. wait three seconds then put clear nail polish over it to finish.and there you have it!

P.S. if you mess up when you put the picture or word on your nail, or it just doesnt look the way you want it to, you dont have to redo the whole nail. Usually if you just use some rubbing alcohol it will come right off without messing up the undercoat and you can go ahead and try again.

Try to find something in a newspaper or a magazine... those seem to work best. But you can also use something printed out.

It's got to be the ink because I tried printing something out on newsprint and transferring it to my white-painted nails, but nothing happened. :-( I'm a Warm Bodies fan girl so I was going to do excerpts from the book as well as R's face. My printer hates me though.

I love this. I was thinking while I read your post. It would look even better if you drew film strip above or below there face to make it look like u did it on purpose. I'm definitely going to try this. Thanks for sharing.